In the last episode (Oct 09), Matthias Apitz said:
> El día Friday, October 09, 2009 a las 02:07:21AM -0400, jhell escribió:
> > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:58 +0200, guru@ wrote:
> > >
> > >To move a file tree from one place to another I see as an example:
> > >
> > ># tar -cf - local | tar --unlink -xpf - -C /mnt
> > >
> > >What does '--unlink' do exactly? I can't see it in the man page of
> > >tar(1). Thanks in advance
> >
> > man 2 unlink
>
> I know the unlink(2) sys call, but what does this --unlink flag in tar(1)
> on restore (-x)?
It's the same as the -U option, provided for gnutar compatibility.
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Dan Nelson
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